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Director/Writer/Producer Joe Crump and Producer Nancy Crump scheduled to attend a Q&A following the screening.

​The love of an enchanted young girl brings wonder and healing to a broken family. On the run from her mysterious past and guided by a fairy only she can see, Abby sparks a daisy chain of compassion. Closed hearts open as she brings joy and music back into the family. "The Storyteller" can best be categorized as part of the cinematic genre, "Magical Realism." It is a women-centric, multi-generational film and is a fascinating exploration of reality and the true definition of family. It is lyrical, complex, gorgeous to look at and has a powerful emotional impact. The film is a truly visionary story about hope, love and compassion overcoming anger and fear. It is intellectually stimulating, with fully developed, evolving characters.
Director: Joe Crump
Producers: Nancy Crump, Rachel Noll, Joe Crump
Screenwriters: Joe Crump, Rachel Noll
Executive Producer: Gina Goff

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Seven short films for kids from the 2017 Heartland International Film Festival
Admission for this series is just one canned good - to be collected and donated to the Interchurch Food [...]

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Seven short films for kids from the 2017 Heartland International Film Festival

Admission for this series is just one canned good - to be collected and donated to the Interchurch Food Pantry. All tickets will be available at the box office day of show.

Wishing Box (6 minutes, Animated Short) - "Wishing Box" is an animated short film produced as a collaborated project of international artists. Everyone on our team has worked very hard for the past three years to bring this animation to completion. A pirate named Derek and his sidekick monkey, after years of sailing, finally discover a magic treasure chest that can make wishes come true.

Waabooz (20 minutes, Narrative Short) – Twelve year-old Rabbit spends most of his days drawing, collecting comics and avoiding the teasing of his peers. Insecure and shy, Rabbit dreads dancing in the upcoming powwow and begins to draw Waabooz, a superhero that embodies his desired self: bold and unafraid. Through traditional storytelling, imagination and a little magic, Rabbit’s mysterious grandfather helps bring Waabooz to life.

Spring Jam (6 minutes, Animated Short) – A young stag, lacking impressive antlers, knows he needs to improvise sweet music if he’s to have any chance during the mating season.

Margaret and the Moon (13 minutes, Narrative Short) – An unpopular little girl falls in love with her imagination, empowering her and teaching her the value in being yourself.

Curpigeon (10 minutes, Animated Short) – As six park pigeons meet with their old men pals for their daily feed time, they realize one of them is an odd bird out. It seems the bench in front of him is empty. Perhaps his attitude has left him without a companion. Then again, perhaps there's much more going on under the surface.

Amelia's Closet (17 minutes, Narrative Short) – When pushed to the edge by the bullies in her class, 11-year-old Amelia retaliates by secretly stealing from her classmates and hiding the items in the back of her closet.

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2017 Heartland International Film Festival Narrative Feature, Official Selection
An introspective, anti-Nazi music student is drafted into Hitler's army and becomes an unlikely platoon leader. He survives both the Russian Front [...]

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2017 Heartland International Film Festival Narrative Feature, Official Selection

An introspective, anti-Nazi music student is drafted into Hitler's army and becomes an unlikely platoon leader. He survives both the Russian Front and the Normandy Invasion, and is recruited by his American captors to be a US Government agent in postwar Germany. He then immigrates to America, where he forges a 25-year career working for a small company owned by Orthodox Jews. A unique, first-person perspective of the war told with unprecedented candor, insight and raw emotion..

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2017 Heartland International Film Festival Audience Choice Winner
"I’ll Push You" is a modern, real-life story that explores the true meaning of friendship and two of its qualities: generosity and vulnerability. [...]

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2017 Heartland International Film Festival Audience Choice Winner

"I’ll Push You" is a modern, real-life story that explores the true meaning of friendship and two of its qualities: generosity and vulnerability. In this intimate portrait and epic journey, these virtues are explored when Patrick agrees to a crazy proposition: to push his lifelong best friend, Justin, in a wheelchair across the historical 500-mile pilgrimage of northern Spain—El Camino de Santiago. The result? A one-of-a-kind documentary film that chronicles a pilgrimage that touches audiences who crave a story of hope, trust, and the power of community.